In this paper I explore the ways in which cyberactivism and network activism are simultaneously powerful and powerless objects of the Internet. When I use the term “network activism”, I refer to the formation of strongly connected links between people online, such as through social media. When I use the term “cyberactivism”, I primarily refer to efforts by a single person or small group of people to make coordinated, public use of the Internet to achieve a political or social goal. I argue that network activism and cyberactivism are not separate from but deeply intertwined with social movements
The goal of this essay is to demonstrate how various forms of digital and social activism have been reshaping the ways in which students, teachers, and the public learn about science. When it comes to discussing these topics, a discussion of gender and activism is commonly initiated by asking the question, “Who gets to have authority over the way science is taught?” But feminist social movements have long challenged the dominant authority structures, and the ways in which they have been used to silence marginalized voices, and women in science have been part of these movements for a long time. If we think about the question
The purpose of this case study is to explore how social media and video games can be brought to classrooms to support in-depth understanding of social movements, activism, and the role of cultural capital in the process of social change.
The first female president of the United States has been in office for 20 months. It’s a long time to be in the job, but she’s been a remarkable leader: strident, strong, and steady, a Clinton standard-bearer in her first term, and a president to whom we can aspire in the second.